The opportunity
About the role: Datadog is building a product-led Competitive Intelligence function to help inform product strategy, roadmap prioritization, positioning, and competitive readiness.
What you'll do
Own the recurring competitive radar for Datadog’s priority competitor set,: including taxonomy, source standards, evidence quality, and update cadence.
Produce competitive deep dives, feature-gap analyses, early-warning briefs,: and opportunity assessments tied to specific product domains and leadership questions.
Translate CompIntel findings into roadmap recommendations, product: differentiation hypotheses, and Product-facing decision guidance.
Build and maintain a central CompIntel repository with competitor profiles,: source notes, comparison frameworks, evidence logs, and decision-ready briefs.
Convert validated findings into GTM-ready handoffs for battlecards, objection: handling, strategic deal narratives, and field enablement.
Synthesize signals from Product, Engineering, Sales Engineering, Customer: Success, field teams, technical communities, Advocacy programs, win/loss, customer feedback, analyst research, public competitor materials, and CABs.
What they're looking for
- Partner with Product Management to frame competitive questions, identify: decision criteria, and connect findings to roadmap and prioritization discussions.
- Partner with Technical Advocacy to incorporate practitioner, customer,: technical-market, community, event, and CAB signal into competitive analysis.
- Present concise, credible recommendations to Product leadership and Product + GTM forums.
- Maintain source transparency, legal compliance, ethical research practices,: and auditable methods across competitive research workflows.
